BOOKS
• Escape Route, a novel. Running Wild Press, May 2022. Escape Route is set in the summer of '69, a year littered with hope and upheaval around the globe.
• “Showing Up,” ‘Friends: Voices on the Gift of Companionship’ Anthology, Jack Walker Press, October 2020
• A Mile in Our Shoes: Personal stories of global journeys, Editor (one of three): Elan Barnehama, compiled by Nadia Ho de Guillén, Independent Pub, December 2019
• “Just Be,” Running Wild Anthology of Stories, Volume 2. March 2018, Running Wild Press. March 2018.
• "Just Making Change," Special Mention Comedy Feature, Table Read My Screenplay, 2012: Two crafty convicts exploit an election loophole to get elected mayor, prove their innocence, revive their rustbelt town and win back the romance they'd lost--all from their cell.
• Escape Route, a novel. Running Wild Press, May 2022. Escape Route is set in the summer of '69, a year littered with hope and upheaval around the globe.
• “Showing Up,” ‘Friends: Voices on the Gift of Companionship’ Anthology, Jack Walker Press, October 2020
• A Mile in Our Shoes: Personal stories of global journeys, Editor (one of three): Elan Barnehama, compiled by Nadia Ho de Guillén, Independent Pub, December 2019
• “Just Be,” Running Wild Anthology of Stories, Volume 2. March 2018, Running Wild Press. March 2018.
• "Just Making Change," Special Mention Comedy Feature, Table Read My Screenplay, 2012: Two crafty convicts exploit an election loophole to get elected mayor, prove their innocence, revive their rustbelt town and win back the romance they'd lost--all from their cell.
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PUBLICATIONS
• “Finish Line,” Drunk Monkeys, forthcoming 2022
• ShoutOut LA: Meet Elan Barnehama, May 10, 2021
• “Radio Days,” Entropy Magazine, February 2021
• “Listening From Home,” Poets Unplugged, February 2021
• "Home Team," Boog City, Boog City World Series Special, October 2020
• "Showing Up," Anthology on Friendship, Jack Walker Press, October 2020
• "Boston Common," 101words.org July 2020
• "Life Is Groovy," Red Fez #13
• VoyageLA profiled me for their HIDDEN GEMS section
• “Listening In,” Rough Cut Press, Issue 11, April 2020
• "Outlaws," Drunk Monkeys Pop Issue, April 2020
• "Such Good Work, Johannes Lichtman,” Book Review, New York Journal of Books, February 4 2019.
• "The Resolutions, by Mia Gomez,” Book Review, New York Journal of Books, November 13, 2018.
• ”Everyone To Dance,” BostonAccent.com, November 2018
• "The Dogs of Detroit: Stories, by Brad Felver,” Book Review, New York Journal of Books, October 5, 2018.
• ”Raining In The Holy Land,” JewishFiction.net, September 2018
• “Snowflakes and Earthquakes,” DrunkMonkeys.us, July 2018
•“Just Be,” short story. Anthology of Stories, Volume 2, Running Wild Press,forthcoming 2018.
• “Signs,” Flash Fiction, Oratoria Issue 01 : New Beginnings, 12/01/17.
• “Leaving Southern Comfort,” HuffPost, 08/01/17
• “Southern Exposure: Notes from Fairhope, Alabama,” HuffPost, 06/15/2017
• “Southern Exposure: Notes from Fairhope, Alabama 1,” HuffPost, 06/08/2017
• “A Glimpse Into Finland’s Gaming Industry: An interview with TicBits co-founder Niklas Wahrman,” HuffPost, 05/25/17
• “Moses and the Refugees: Passover Thoughts 2017” HuffPost 04/08/2017
• “Laughter, Love, Crime, and Weather: Daniel Pyne’s new novel: Catalina Eddy” HuffPost, 04/01/17
• “Consequences Be Damned: Beneath The Coyote Hills, by William Luvaas,” HuffPost, 09/02/16
• “When Did Believing In Science Become An Option?” HuffPost, 08/01/16
• “Make This Election Day A National Holiday,” HuffPost, 07/15/16
• “Time Zero,” Carolyn Cohagan’s YA Novel Challenges Fundamentalism HuffPost, 04/08/16
• “How We Pass As Human,A talk with Nic Kelman” HuffPost, 01/05/16
• “Readers Rule: The 'LA Times' Festival of the Book.” HuffPost, 04/14/15
• “Boyhood at Twilight: John Hampsey's Memoir 'Kaufman's Hill'. HuffPost, 04/08/15
• “Driven to Heal: One Man's Road From Diagnosis to a Vibrant Life,” HuffPost, 04/03/15
• “Trusting Nothing: Having no Purpose on Purpose,” HuffPost, 01/12/15
• “Everything Looks Better From a Distance,” Route9LitMag.com,12/05/14
• “Ann Lewis Hamilton's Debut Novel ExpectingIs Fertile and Funny,” HuffPost, 11/14/14
• “Making Our Veterans Visible,” HuffPost, 11/05/14
• “SeinfeldWriter Peter Mehlman Pens Debut Novel,” HuffPost, 08/29/14
• “Author Spotlight: Renee Swindle,” HuffPost, 08/20/14
• "Author Spotlight: Richard Kramer,” HuffPost, 09/29/14
• “A conversation with Jacob Appel,” HuffPost, 09/09/14
• “Waiting for Answers,” fiction The Merida Review, 06/14
• “Trading Stuff for Knowledge: How Trade School LA Wants to Change Community Learning,” HuffPost, 04/23/14
• “Passing Over In Los Angeles,” HuffPost, 04/15/14
• "Snowless Shaken and Stirred in SoCal," HuffPost, 03/24/14
• “Can’t Get Rid of These Guys,” HuffPost, 12/18/13
• “Reflecting on George Harrison's Death: A Visit to Ground Zero During Thanksgiving 2001,” HuffPost, 11/26/13
• “Slow and Messy Change,” HuffPost, 07/29/13
• “Surviving New York Mets Dream Week,” HuffPost, 07/17/13
• “With a Little Help From Strangers,” HuffPost, 06/13/13
• "Author Q&A: Finding Bluefield,” WriteOnOnline.com, 04/03/13
• “Losing My Funny,” HuffPost, 04/10/13
• “Embracing Change: Writing the 1960’s,” ReadingThePast.com, 03/15/13
• “Why You Should Write What You Don’t Know,” WritersDigest.com, 03/05/13
• “We Are All Just People,” HuffPost, 02/05/13
• “In Praise of Readers,” 11/13/12
• “Trusting Nothing,” Women and Words, 10/18/12
• “The Story’s the Thing: on writing Finding Bluefield” 12/25/12
• “Somewhere to Go,” Story of the Month, singlesolitarythought.com, 06/01/10
• “Palin and Powell,” irreverentview.com. 10/22/08
• “Waiting for the real Sarah Palin,” irreverentview.com. 11/04/08
• “Hillary’s Legacy,” irreverentview.com. irreverentview.com. 07/21/08
• “Failing the Bar,” irreverentview.com, 06/17/08
• “The Insult of Empty Gestures,” irreverentview.com. 05/21/08
• “A Failure to Invest in our Students,” Daily Hampshire Gazette, Northampton, MA. 05/20/08
• “Waiting for a Good Idea to Emerge,” irreverentview.com. 05/01/08
• “Keeping up Appearances,” irreverentview.com. 04/23/08
• “Happy Birthday Earth Day, you’re on your own,” irreverentview.com. April 21, 2008
• “Hillary and the L Word: Hillary Clinton’s use of the ‘liberal’ label against Barack Obama, “ irreverentview.com, April 10, 2008
• “Standing Eight Count: Obama survives Rev. Wright and comes back stronger,” irreverentview.com, 05/03/08
• “Let's make Election Day a Holiday,” Opinion, Daily Hampshire Gazette, Northampton, MA, 11/23/07
• "Show Today Airs Risks to Colleges,” Opinion, Daily Hampshire Gazette,
Northampton, MA, J06/23/05
• "Open Letter to DNC: post 2004 presidential election,” Radio essay, WFCR, Amherst, MA; Aired 11/08/04
• "FCC Should do the Decent Thing,” Opinion, Daily Hampshire Gazette, Northampton, MA. 02/21/04
• “Janet Jackson, The FCC, and Decency,” Radio essay, WFCR, Amherst, MA; Aired 02/18/04
• “Those who don't vote neglect responsibility,” Opinion. Daily Hampshire Gazette, Northampton, MA. 11/03/03
• “Tax Time and I Don’t Mind,” Radio essay, WFCR, Amherst, MA; Aired 04/15/03
• “Pay Your Share: Invest in Democracy,” Opinion. Daily Hampshire Gazette, Northampton, MA, 03/11/03
• “English Only Initiative,” Radio essay, WFCR, Amherst, MA;Aired 01/14/03
• “Surviving Baseball Dream Week.” Radio essay, WAMC, Albany, New York; Aired 04/28/02
• “George Harrison’s Passing.” Radio essay, WAMC, Albany, New York; Aired 12/11/01
• “Harrison Never Stopped Dreaming,” Opinion,Daily Hampshire Gazette, 12/05/01
• “Bush Administration’s Energy Policy.” Radio essay, WFCR, Amherst, MA; Aired 06/04/01
• “Bush Administration’s Education Budget.” Radio essay, WFCR, Amherst, MA; Aired 03/08/01
• "Tennis Anyone?" Cover story, Hampshire Life Magazine, Daily Hampshire Gazette 05/15-21/98
• Teaching in Process: Multimedia Resources for Writing Teachers. University of Massachusetts and Houghton Mifflin, 1995; Contributed assignment on writing the documented essay
• Sticks, Stones, and Stereotypes, Equity Institute, Amherst, MA, 1988. Contributed to high school curriculum guide on appreciating diversity.
• “Finish Line,” Drunk Monkeys, forthcoming 2022
• ShoutOut LA: Meet Elan Barnehama, May 10, 2021
• “Radio Days,” Entropy Magazine, February 2021
• “Listening From Home,” Poets Unplugged, February 2021
• "Home Team," Boog City, Boog City World Series Special, October 2020
• "Showing Up," Anthology on Friendship, Jack Walker Press, October 2020
• "Boston Common," 101words.org July 2020
• "Life Is Groovy," Red Fez #13
• VoyageLA profiled me for their HIDDEN GEMS section
• “Listening In,” Rough Cut Press, Issue 11, April 2020
• "Outlaws," Drunk Monkeys Pop Issue, April 2020
• "Such Good Work, Johannes Lichtman,” Book Review, New York Journal of Books, February 4 2019.
• "The Resolutions, by Mia Gomez,” Book Review, New York Journal of Books, November 13, 2018.
• ”Everyone To Dance,” BostonAccent.com, November 2018
• "The Dogs of Detroit: Stories, by Brad Felver,” Book Review, New York Journal of Books, October 5, 2018.
• ”Raining In The Holy Land,” JewishFiction.net, September 2018
• “Snowflakes and Earthquakes,” DrunkMonkeys.us, July 2018
•“Just Be,” short story. Anthology of Stories, Volume 2, Running Wild Press,forthcoming 2018.
• “Signs,” Flash Fiction, Oratoria Issue 01 : New Beginnings, 12/01/17.
• “Leaving Southern Comfort,” HuffPost, 08/01/17
• “Southern Exposure: Notes from Fairhope, Alabama,” HuffPost, 06/15/2017
• “Southern Exposure: Notes from Fairhope, Alabama 1,” HuffPost, 06/08/2017
• “A Glimpse Into Finland’s Gaming Industry: An interview with TicBits co-founder Niklas Wahrman,” HuffPost, 05/25/17
• “Moses and the Refugees: Passover Thoughts 2017” HuffPost 04/08/2017
• “Laughter, Love, Crime, and Weather: Daniel Pyne’s new novel: Catalina Eddy” HuffPost, 04/01/17
• “Consequences Be Damned: Beneath The Coyote Hills, by William Luvaas,” HuffPost, 09/02/16
• “When Did Believing In Science Become An Option?” HuffPost, 08/01/16
• “Make This Election Day A National Holiday,” HuffPost, 07/15/16
• “Time Zero,” Carolyn Cohagan’s YA Novel Challenges Fundamentalism HuffPost, 04/08/16
• “How We Pass As Human,A talk with Nic Kelman” HuffPost, 01/05/16
• “Readers Rule: The 'LA Times' Festival of the Book.” HuffPost, 04/14/15
• “Boyhood at Twilight: John Hampsey's Memoir 'Kaufman's Hill'. HuffPost, 04/08/15
• “Driven to Heal: One Man's Road From Diagnosis to a Vibrant Life,” HuffPost, 04/03/15
• “Trusting Nothing: Having no Purpose on Purpose,” HuffPost, 01/12/15
• “Everything Looks Better From a Distance,” Route9LitMag.com,12/05/14
• “Ann Lewis Hamilton's Debut Novel ExpectingIs Fertile and Funny,” HuffPost, 11/14/14
• “Making Our Veterans Visible,” HuffPost, 11/05/14
• “SeinfeldWriter Peter Mehlman Pens Debut Novel,” HuffPost, 08/29/14
• “Author Spotlight: Renee Swindle,” HuffPost, 08/20/14
• "Author Spotlight: Richard Kramer,” HuffPost, 09/29/14
• “A conversation with Jacob Appel,” HuffPost, 09/09/14
• “Waiting for Answers,” fiction The Merida Review, 06/14
• “Trading Stuff for Knowledge: How Trade School LA Wants to Change Community Learning,” HuffPost, 04/23/14
• “Passing Over In Los Angeles,” HuffPost, 04/15/14
• "Snowless Shaken and Stirred in SoCal," HuffPost, 03/24/14
• “Can’t Get Rid of These Guys,” HuffPost, 12/18/13
• “Reflecting on George Harrison's Death: A Visit to Ground Zero During Thanksgiving 2001,” HuffPost, 11/26/13
• “Slow and Messy Change,” HuffPost, 07/29/13
• “Surviving New York Mets Dream Week,” HuffPost, 07/17/13
• “With a Little Help From Strangers,” HuffPost, 06/13/13
• "Author Q&A: Finding Bluefield,” WriteOnOnline.com, 04/03/13
• “Losing My Funny,” HuffPost, 04/10/13
• “Embracing Change: Writing the 1960’s,” ReadingThePast.com, 03/15/13
• “Why You Should Write What You Don’t Know,” WritersDigest.com, 03/05/13
• “We Are All Just People,” HuffPost, 02/05/13
• “In Praise of Readers,” 11/13/12
• “Trusting Nothing,” Women and Words, 10/18/12
• “The Story’s the Thing: on writing Finding Bluefield” 12/25/12
• “Somewhere to Go,” Story of the Month, singlesolitarythought.com, 06/01/10
• “Palin and Powell,” irreverentview.com. 10/22/08
• “Waiting for the real Sarah Palin,” irreverentview.com. 11/04/08
• “Hillary’s Legacy,” irreverentview.com. irreverentview.com. 07/21/08
• “Failing the Bar,” irreverentview.com, 06/17/08
• “The Insult of Empty Gestures,” irreverentview.com. 05/21/08
• “A Failure to Invest in our Students,” Daily Hampshire Gazette, Northampton, MA. 05/20/08
• “Waiting for a Good Idea to Emerge,” irreverentview.com. 05/01/08
• “Keeping up Appearances,” irreverentview.com. 04/23/08
• “Happy Birthday Earth Day, you’re on your own,” irreverentview.com. April 21, 2008
• “Hillary and the L Word: Hillary Clinton’s use of the ‘liberal’ label against Barack Obama, “ irreverentview.com, April 10, 2008
• “Standing Eight Count: Obama survives Rev. Wright and comes back stronger,” irreverentview.com, 05/03/08
• “Let's make Election Day a Holiday,” Opinion, Daily Hampshire Gazette, Northampton, MA, 11/23/07
• "Show Today Airs Risks to Colleges,” Opinion, Daily Hampshire Gazette,
Northampton, MA, J06/23/05
• "Open Letter to DNC: post 2004 presidential election,” Radio essay, WFCR, Amherst, MA; Aired 11/08/04
• "FCC Should do the Decent Thing,” Opinion, Daily Hampshire Gazette, Northampton, MA. 02/21/04
• “Janet Jackson, The FCC, and Decency,” Radio essay, WFCR, Amherst, MA; Aired 02/18/04
• “Those who don't vote neglect responsibility,” Opinion. Daily Hampshire Gazette, Northampton, MA. 11/03/03
• “Tax Time and I Don’t Mind,” Radio essay, WFCR, Amherst, MA; Aired 04/15/03
• “Pay Your Share: Invest in Democracy,” Opinion. Daily Hampshire Gazette, Northampton, MA, 03/11/03
• “English Only Initiative,” Radio essay, WFCR, Amherst, MA;Aired 01/14/03
• “Surviving Baseball Dream Week.” Radio essay, WAMC, Albany, New York; Aired 04/28/02
• “George Harrison’s Passing.” Radio essay, WAMC, Albany, New York; Aired 12/11/01
• “Harrison Never Stopped Dreaming,” Opinion,Daily Hampshire Gazette, 12/05/01
• “Bush Administration’s Energy Policy.” Radio essay, WFCR, Amherst, MA; Aired 06/04/01
• “Bush Administration’s Education Budget.” Radio essay, WFCR, Amherst, MA; Aired 03/08/01
• "Tennis Anyone?" Cover story, Hampshire Life Magazine, Daily Hampshire Gazette 05/15-21/98
• Teaching in Process: Multimedia Resources for Writing Teachers. University of Massachusetts and Houghton Mifflin, 1995; Contributed assignment on writing the documented essay
• Sticks, Stones, and Stereotypes, Equity Institute, Amherst, MA, 1988. Contributed to high school curriculum guide on appreciating diversity.
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I WAS THE 'DEMOCRATIC VOICE' ON A REPUBLICAN WESBITE DURING THE 2008 Presidential Primary, Convention, and Election Commentaries
http://www.irreverentview.com/?s=By+Elan+Barnehama
Palin and Powell, Wednesday, October 22nd, 2008
Waiting for the real Sarah Palin, Thursday, September 4th, 2008
Hillary’s Legacy, Thursday, July 10th, 2008
Failing the Bar, Tuesday, June 17th, 2008
The Insult of Empty Gestures, Wednesday, May 21st, 2008
Waiting for a Good Idea to Emerge, Thursday, May 1st, 2008
Keeping Up Appearances, Tuesday, April 29th, 2008
Happy Birthday, Earth Day; You’re On Your Own, Wednesday, April 23rd, 2008
Hillary and the L-word, Thursday, April 10th, 2008
The Standing Eight-Count, Thursday, April 3rd, 2008
Palin and Powell, Wednesday, October 22nd, 2008
Waiting for the real Sarah Palin, Thursday, September 4th, 2008
Hillary’s Legacy, Thursday, July 10th, 2008
Failing the Bar, Tuesday, June 17th, 2008
The Insult of Empty Gestures, Wednesday, May 21st, 2008
Waiting for a Good Idea to Emerge, Thursday, May 1st, 2008
Keeping Up Appearances, Tuesday, April 29th, 2008
Happy Birthday, Earth Day; You’re On Your Own, Wednesday, April 23rd, 2008
Hillary and the L-word, Thursday, April 10th, 2008
The Standing Eight-Count, Thursday, April 3rd, 2008